Are You Afflicted with NUMISMATISM?

If you’re a collector, you just can’t get enough of the item that you collect.

For some people, it’s comic books. Others are drawn to seashells. Or stuffed animals. Or baseball cards.

For those who are involved in numismatism (see definition below), it could be wheat pennies. These one-cent coins, which date from 1909 to 1958, show a portrait of Abraham Lincoln on the front and wheat stalks on the back. Some rare versions of this coin are worth hundreds of dollars.

In early American times, there were even half-cent coins, which dated from 1793 to 1857.

If you think that you may become an enthusiast of numismatism, you can get more information from the American Numismatic Association at: www.money.org/explore-the-world-of-money/young-numismatists.aspx

Happy collecting!

Cool word vocabulary question of the day: If you were involved in numismatism, what type of currency would you collect?

NUMISMATISM: The study or collection of coins, paper money and medals.